Demba Ba, Ameobi, Tiote, Vuckic And Ferguson All Injured

Written by Dr. Ed Harrison

10:48am Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012

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Some shock news today from Alan Pardew is that four of Newcastle’s players have sustained injuries and they are Demba Ba, Cheick Tiote, Haris Vuckic And Shane Ferguson, so they will certainly not be playing tomorrow night in Athens, and Shola Ameobi was not on the plane to Athens this morning either, so he will also miss out.

Demba Ba scoring on Saturday – he’s injured But whether this is another ruse by Alan Pardew to have Chelsea off guard for Saturday’s game we don’t know, but we’d be surprised if Demba Ba and Cheick Tiote don’t both start that game at Stamford Bridge.

The Newcastle squad left Newcastle this morning without Shola Ameobi, so he’s not going to play tomorrow night, after picking up an injury in the warm-up on Saturday, and once again Shola seems so injury prone, and his younger brother Sammy is still injured too.

And we were almost certain that Shane Ferguson and Haris Vuckic would start the game tomorrow night, but it’s annoying that the only game Shane has played this season is for Northern Ireland, as he missed out on all the pre-season games for Newcastle.

Alan Pardew had this to say to the local press corps today:

“Unfortunately we’ve experienced a number of enforced changes.” “Demba Ba is injured, Cheick Tiote is injured and Shane Ferguson is out.” “Sammy Ameobi and Haris Vuckic are also out.”

“It’s a real shame because I was looking forward to them getting a chance in Europe for us.” “One or two of the younger players will be involved.” “It’s a chance for some of the new guys to impress.”

“Hopefully we’re all set for the game and we can progress.” “We’re still buoyed by the win over Tottenham Hotspur.” “We got a good result in our first game of the season.” “If we were offered a draw maybe we would take it.”

“But hopefully we can win the game and make things easier for the second leg.”

Those who jetted out this morning did included James Tavernier, Gael Bigirimana and Adam Campbell, and with Shola not in the squad, 17 year-old Adam Campbell should see some action tomorrow night in Athens.

The news is that Newcastle will fly directly to London on Friday night for the Saturday game at Stamford Bridge with Chelsea, following the game against Atromitos tomorrow evening.

This sequence of games will have been planned like a military operation by Newcastle, as these are two extremely important games for Newcastle, and it would be great if we could get the win tomorrow night, but once again Newcastle seem to have been hit by injuries to some of their key players.

Ben Arfa is not eligible to play for Newcastle in their first three games in Europe this season, after receiving a three match ban back in March, 2010 when he was still at Marseilles.

Fatman…Maybe. Hadn’t thought of that, Pards might see this game as ideal to put him there. No real pressure if we don’t score. He’s already said he would be happy with a draw from this game, so why not?

Totally agree mate, all those saying we’re fine at the back and front are deluded, only takes a few injuries and we’ll be found wanting. And the game turn around with Atromitos and Chelsea is ridiculous! Less than 48 hrs between both games, and the first game being played in 30 C +.

Beattie….Agreed. Just off to stock up on tinned goods and water for when the devastation starts. Joking aside, you know I think we need another striker in, I just don’t believe this particular news is the end of the world at this point. Ba is said to have a little knock, so is probably being rested for Chelsea.

I think the club are looking at another striker to come in before the window closes. Mind you, we currently are missing 3 strikers, so these things do happen and we can’t always be covered. What happens if we have 5 that aren’t match fit? Where does the covering stop?

so cisse will have to start then…. as we dont have any other options so we? i can see obertan playing behind cisse now then, anita and gosling in CM jonas and marveaux [have we found him yet?] on the wings,

Seen a few posts over the last few days asking about marvaux everything is fine his kid took ill an hour before kick off against spurs and pardew let him leave don’t know why he was reported as missing that’s why pardew hasn’t commented on it. I know this as my wifes sister works at the RVI and marvaux was there with his partner and child while the match was played don’t know what was wrong but they were only there a few hours so all must be ok

Hey guys! Is anybody going to the match on sat against Chelsea? I had a season ticket for the 3 years I lived in Durham but have moved back down to London for work and I’m going on Saturday! Let me know if you are coming down and we can grab a beer near the ground?

@21 i dont agree mate, i know AP has said the leagues the most inportant thing this year but surely we cant afford to not qualify for europe after all the hard work last year, it would be a real shame for everybody, and a real disheartner! [is that a word?]

Right, I know I’ll be hung and quartered for this but I am of the belief that we will sign no more players this transfer window. I also believe we will have a press conference for Pardew on September 1st where he stats we cpuldn’t get our targets over the line. I don’t want to be a negger but it’s clear to everyone we need additional signings.

Ibiza – it would be interesting to see a full list of who has travelled. It will be a tiring trip whether you play are not with the heat, strange beds etc. So it would seem pointless taking HBA for instance.

Ok I maybe getting ahead of myself with Campbell but the lad should get some experience under his belt. As Beattie has said, we have 1 fit first team striker right now. This team should be more than enough to win the game.

ALSO 4-2-3-1 for Saturday people! Ba is injured so I have no quarrel with the formation lol

My worry is not the injuries which may be let’s say tactical, more that no one seems to be taking this seriously as a contest. If we only get a draw that lot will come back to SJP and play like their lives depended on it, like Brighton for example.

Magpie From Lithuania If Pards and the team carry that attitude into the game, then we will get beaten. You have to bear in mind that this team finished 3rd in the Greek League and whilst it is clearly in no class to the EPL, it’s no small feat. This fixture will be tougher than a lot of you are expecting. I reckon we’ll scrape it 1-0 or draw it.

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